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The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
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Waters of Judgment & Salvation
Commentators highlight a profound paradox in this verse. The very waters that enacted God's judgment and brought death to the unbelieving world were the same waters that lifted the ark, bringing salvation to Noah. This illustrates how God's actions can be an instrument of destruction for the disobedient and a means of deliverance for the faithful.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The prevalence of the waters. The forty days are now completed. At the end of this period, the ark had been afloat for a long time. It was drifted …
19th Century
Anglican
The waters increased ... — The swelling of the flood is described with great power in these verses. Every stage and detail relates to the …
Baptist
And the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
You can see it begin to move until it is afloat.…
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16th Century
Protestant
And the flood was forty days, etc. Moses strongly emphasizes this fact to show that the whole world was immersed in the waters. Moreover, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the flood was forty days upon the earth This is said with respect to what follows, and the meaning is, that when and …
The flood was increasing for forty days. The waters rose so high that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed by more than twenty feet. T…
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